CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
1961 Convention) are subject to a general prohibition on arbitrary deprivation of
nationality. Related good practices include, inter alia, safeguards against loss of
nationality resulting in statelessness (including derivative loss, i.e., where parents
lose their nationality, children do not also lose nationality).
Birth registration procedures
International protection procedures
CHAPTER IV
In addition to statelessness and nationality determination procedures, statelessness
may be identified in various other contexts, and it is good practice for officials working
in these procedures to be able to identify a possibility of statelessness so they can refer
the affected person to seek appropriate assistance. Statelessness may be identified in
many different contexts, including but not limited to:
CHAPTER III
Who can identify statelessness?
Dublin Regulation procedures (in the EU context)
CHAPTER V
Refugee or statelessness family reunification procedures
Passport application procedures
Stateless people travel document application procedures
Immigration detention procedures
CHAPTER VI
Removal (and deportation) procedures
Refugee resettlement procedures
Other immigration or human rights procedures
Identification process of unaccompanied and separated children
CHAPTER VII
Criminal proceedings
Welfare benefits (including asylum accommodation and support) eligibility
procedures
Social care and family court procedures
RECOMMENDATIONS
School and university admission procedures
Public health access procedures
Appeal and judicial review procedures relating to any of the above60
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This list, originally prepared by Cynthia Orchard, can be found in Toolkit to identify and address statelessness
in Czechia, ENS, OPU, January 2024, pp. 9-10.
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